Channel 4 and Cancer Research present Stand Up To Cancer 2014

1 August 2014

 

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) returns to our screens this October urging the nation to join forces with famous faces from TV, music and film in order to raise more money to accelerate new cancer treatments to UK patients and show cancer – it’s payback time.

The first UK event in 2012 became the most successful charity fundraiser on UK commercial TV, reaching an audience of 7.8m and raising a staggering £8m - funding 12 clinical trials across the UK.

Returning to host are Davina McCall, Alan Carr and Dr Christian Jessen. The trio will front a star studded night of television, jam packed with programming from entertainment and science to documentaries - featuring some of Channel 4’s and the UK’s best loved talent and respected researchers.

To help launch the campaign, One Direction are offering fans the chance to win an amazing once in a lifetime opportunity to fly to Miami to meet the band backstage at the final gig of their world tour – find out more here www.prizeo.com/onedirection

Funds from previous SU2C shows have already been allocated to world-leading translational research projects and clinical trials in the UK. But there is still much more to be done to help bring more effective treatments to patients sooner.

Want to join us in the fight against cancer this autumn? Then why not take part in some epic fundraising events across the country including; March On Cancer ™, a collective show of force against cancer at 15 simultaneous nationwide events in city centres across the UK and The London 3 Peaks™ challenge whereby adrenaline junkies scale and abseil three iconic London landmarks - the Gherkin, Salesforce Tower London (formerly Heron Tower) and 200 Aldersgate, culminating in a live TV fundraiser.

To find out how to get involved in Stand Up To Cancer, visit standuptocancer.org.uk. You can also find us on Twitter @StandUp2C or Facebook

Stand Up To Cancer is a charitable programme co-founded in the USA by film and media leaders and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization . EIF has since harnessed the powerful voice of the entertainment industry to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions to support a new, collaborative model of cancer research, focused on getting new therapies to patients faster. Stand Up To Cancer and the Stand Up To Cancer Brand Marks are registered trademarks of EIF.

About Stand Up To Cancer (UK)

Stand Up To Cancer is a joint national fundraising event from Channel 4 and Cancer Research UK

• Final 2012 total raised was £8,011,722.62
• In 2012, the live fundraising event was hosted by Davina McCall, Alan Carr and Dr Christian Jessen and featured celebrity interviews and moving real life stories
• Stars such as Gwyneth Paltrow , Samuel L Jackson, Bradley Cooper, Leona Lewis, Cheryl Cole, Keith Lemon, Heidi Klum, Jeremy Piven, Heston Blumenthal, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, Alesha Dixon, Ashley Walters, Russell Tovey, Bear Grylls, Jack Whitehall, Tom Felton, Warwick Davis, Jimmy Carr, Derren Brown, Martin Freeman, Dawn Porter, Micky Flanagan, Stephen Graham, Max Beesley and Jonathan Ross are just some of the talent who supported Stand Up To Cancer
• Visit Standuptocancer.org.uk or channel4.co.uk/SU2C for further information

About Channel 4

• Channel 4 launched on 2nd November 1982 and is a publicly-owned, commercially-funded, public service broadcaster. It receives no public funding and all profit generated by commercial activity is directly reinvested back into the delivery of Channel 4’s public service remit to be innovative, experimental and distinctive.
• In addition to the main Channel 4 service, the portfolio includes E4, More4, Film4, 4Seven and 4Music, as well as an ever-growing range of online activities that includes channel4.com, Channel 4's bespoke video-on-demand service 4oD and standalone digital projects. Through its film arm Film4, Channel 4 is also a key supporter of British film making talent.
• Channel 4 is a major investor in the UK's creative economy, working with around 300 creative companies from across the UK every year and investing significantly in training and talent development throughout the industry.

About Cancer Research UK

• Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research.
• Cancer Research UK’s pioneering work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has helped save millions of lives.
• Cancer Research UK receives no government funding for its life-saving research. Every step it makes towards beating cancer relies on every pound donated.
• Cancer Research UK has been at the heart of the progress that has already seen survival rates in the UK double in the last forty years.
• Today, 2 in 4 people survive cancer. Cancer Research UK’s ambition is to accelerate progress so that 3 in 4 people will survive cancer within the next 20 years.
• Cancer Research UK supports research into all aspects of cancer through the work of over 4,000 scientists, doctors and nurses.
• Together with its partners and supporters, Cancer Research UK's vision is to bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.

For further information about Cancer Research UK's work or to find out how to support the charity, please cann 0300 123 1022 or visit www.cancerresearchuk.org Follow us onTwitter and Facebook

 

About Stand Up To Cancer (U.S. programme and show)

• SU2C is a programme of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, and utilises the assets of this industry to engage the public in unique ways
• In 2008, SU2C launched its first national fundraising telecast in the USA on 3 major networks & was the first ever non-emergency fundraising event to be simultaneously broadcast across several major networks
• To date, over $260m has been pledged to SU2C to fund collaborative cancer research
• The American show is a 60-minute fundraising special bringing together music, movies, TV, live music performances, comedy and live science
• Stars such as Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, George Clooney, Leona Lewis, Julia Roberts,, Will Smith, Beyoncé, Jennifer Aniston, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta Jones, Rob Lowe, Scarlett Johansson, Kelly Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Halle Berry, Denzel Washington, Neil Diamond, Delta Goodrem, Kris Kristofferson, Dave Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Robert Pattinson, Renée Zellweger, Vanessa Hudgens and Kareem Abdul Jabbar are just some of the talent who supported Stand Up To Cancer